Testing waters for elementary world language program

Boone Schools creates task force to explore options

2:56 PM,
May 16, 2013

A Spanish class at Conner High School is hard at work during class. All Boone County Schools high schools offer foreign language programs. This summer, the district is putting together a task force of school officials and community volunteers to look into a pilot elementary world language program.

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"It's like being in a swimming pool of cold water," Camp Ernst Middle School Spanish teacher Alaina Post said.

"Learning a second language is uncomfortable at first, but, like being in the pool, if you jump out, you're never going to get comfortable. If you stay in and swim around, then slowly you become accustomed to the water." ...